'Indonesia Music Video Awards 2025' Ready to Be Held, Featuring 3 Main Categories

Kapanlagi.com - The Indonesia Music Video Awards (IMVA) is confirmed to be held this year. This event is initiated by Oleg Sanchabakhtiar, who is known as a music video director.

"This program serves as a platform for appreciation and competition for the latest Indonesian music videos," explained Oleg Sanchabakhtiar recently.

Oleg added that IMVA will focus on various cross-field collaborations, creativity, the use of technology, providing education, and enhancing a sense of nationalism among artists. This event includes 3 main categories: Professional Level of Music Video Industry, Amateur Level, and Special Competition Series.

1. Targeting Young People Too

The Professional Level of the Music Video Industry is attended by professional directors. The Grand Winner of this category will represent Indonesia in international competitions. This category will start on January 1, 2026.

Meanwhile, the amateur participants are 'Rising & Youth', or newcomers who are young, from the millennial and gen-Z generations. This Amateur Level will be divided into two parts, namely Rising and Youth.

Rising focuses on social, cultural, and nationalism themes. Its activities will collaborate with Cultural Institutions. Meanwhile, Youth focuses on education for students and college students by providing scholarships as prizes for the winners.

2. Proud of Indonesia

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The organizers will collaborate with Government Institutions and renowned Multimedia Colleges and Interior Design agencies with visual aesthetics partners.

The third category is the Special Competition Series, where participants will be divided into three parts: organic, hybrid, and AI music videos. Oleg hopes that this event can produce works from the nation that can go global.

"I hope that with this ongoing event, we can flood the cyberspace with substantial music video works that make Indonesia proud on the international stage," said Oleg.

3. More than 300 Music Videos

IMVA 2025 is a creative competition program developed and managed by Planet Design Indonesia, a highly successful production house in the 90s, led by the Sanchabakhtiar brothers. They are; Tiro Sanchabakhtiar, Oleg Sanchabakhtiar, Gaza Sanchabakhtiar, and Taba Sanchabakhtiar.

Oleg Sanchabakhtiar has produced more than 300 music videos for famous Indonesian bands and singers since the mid-90s until now.

For example, Godbless, Slank, Iwan Fals, Chrisye, Dewa 19, Kla Project, Edane, Jamrud, Bomerang, Cokelat, /RIF, as well as Sheila on 7, Gigi, DRPM, Changcuters, Ada Band, Project Pop, Tipe X, even Glen Fredly, Anang, Fariz RM, Yuni Shara, KD, Rossa, James F Sundah, Agnes Mo, Ruth Sahanaya, Nicky Astria, Gita Gutawa, and also from neighboring Sheila Masjid, etc.

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